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Resistance, insulin
See: Insulin resistance
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Show more- Imbibe 1. To drink, especially alcoholic beverages. 2. To absorb or take up fluid.From the Latin imbibere (to drink…
- Collagen Collagen is the principal protein of the skin, tendons, cartilage, bone and connective tissue
- Motherese The language spoken, all over the world, by mothers to their babies, before and after birth. Motherese is the…
- Aqueduct of the midbrain A canal that communicates between the third and fourth ventricles in a system of four communicating cavities…
- Expectorant A medication that helps bring up mucus and other material from the lungs, bronchi, and trachea. An example of…
- Late infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy See: Hallervorden-Spatz disease
- Syndrome, fragile X The most common heritable form of mental retardation, occurring in about one in two thousand males and a…
- Poisoning, silver Silver poisoning, medically termed argyria, causes ashen gray discoloration of the skin (and other tissues of…
- Test, nerve conduction See: Nerve conduction velocity test
- Pneumonitis, radiation Inflammation of the lungs as a result of radiation. Although the radiation can be from various sources…
- Malar Referring to the cheek.
- Cyst, tarsal Also called a chalazion or a Meibomian cyst, an inflammation of the oil gland of the eyelid.